Who can certify
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• Chiropractor
• Dentist
• Legal practitioner
• Medical practitioner
• Nurse
• Optometrist
• Patent attorney
• Pharmacist
• Physiotherapist
• Psychologist
• Trade marks attorney
• Veterinary surgeon
• Agent of the Australian Postal Corporation who is in charge of an office supplying postal services to the public
• Australian Consular Officer or Australian Diplomatic Officer (within the meaning of the Consular Fees Act 1955)
• Bailiff
• Bank officer with 2 or more continuous years of service
• Building society officer with 2 or more years of continuous service
• Chief executive officer of a Commonwealth court
• Clerk of a court
• Commissioner for Affidavits
• Commissioner for Declarations
• Credit union officer with 2 or more years of continuous service
• Employee of the Australian Trade Commission who is:
  • in a country or place outside Australia; and
  • authorised under paragraph 3 (d) of the Consular Fees Act 1955; and
  • exercising his or her function in that place
• Employee of the Commonwealth who is:
  • in a country or place outside Australia; and
  • authorised under paragraph 3 of the Consular Fees Act 1955; and
  • exercising his or her function in that place
• Fellow of the National Tax Accountants’ Association
• Finance company officer with 2 or more years of continuous service
• Holder of a statutory office not specified in another item in this Part
• Judge of a court
• Justice of the Peace
• Magistrate
• Marriage celebrant registered under Subdivision C of Division 1 of Part IV of the Marriage Act 1961
• Master of a court
• Member of Chartered Secretaries Australia
• Member of Engineers Australia, other than at the grade of student
• Member of the Association of Taxation and Management Accountants
• Member of the Australian Defence Force who is: 
  • an officer; or
  • a non-commissioned officer within the meaning of the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982 with 2 or more years of continuous service; or
  • a warrant officer within the meaning of that Act
• Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants or the National Institute of Accountants
• Member of:
  • the Parliament of the Commonwealth; or
  • the Parliament of a State; or
  • a Territory legislature; or 
  • a local government authority of a State or Territory
• Minister of religion registered under Subdivision A of Division 1 of Part IV of the Marriage Act 1961
• Notary public
• Officer with, or representative of, a holder of an Australian financial services licence, having 2 or more years of continuous service with one or more licensees
• Permanent employee of the Australian Postal Corporation with 2 or more years of continuous service who is employed in an office supplying postal services to the public
• Permanent employee of:
  • the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority; or
  • a State or Territory or a State or Territory authority; or
  • a local government authority;

with 2 or more years of continuous service who is not specified in another item in this Part

• Person before whom a statutory declaration may be made under the law of the State or Territory in which the declaration is made
• Police officer
• Registrar, or Deputy Registrar, of a court
• Senior Executive Service employee of:
  • the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority; or
  • a State or Territory or a State or Territory authority
• Sheriff
• Sheriff’s officer
• Teacher employed on a full-time basis at a school or tertiary education institution
• Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Federal Register of Legislative Instruments F2006C00248